Anatomy of a bad confession

Wednesday

Dec 7, 2011 at 11:00 AMDec 7, 2011 at 9:39 PM

In August, a murder charge was dismissed against a young Worcester mother whose baby was found dead in his crib in November 2008. A judge found that a confession of Nga Truong, now 19, was extracted in part by police "trickery and implied promises." The case was dropped. Reporter David Boeri of WBUR radio has examined videotape of the interrogation. On its website and on air, WBUR today released Mr. Boeri's report on the case.

At lower right is a link to Mr. Boeri's “Anatomy Of A Bad Confession.”